Although an economist and mathematician by training, Professor Choudhury has contributed to the associated fields of
finance,
sociology and the
philosophy of economics (participative dynamics, circular causation,
ethics and
well-being). He is the founder of the
epistemic field of
Tawhid (monotheistic law) and the Islamic socio-scientific world-system, with extensive theoretical and applied studies in the corresponding fields of economics, society and science. In all these areas his focus for much of his career has been in the area of participatory dynamics related to diverse problems of economics, finance, and socio-scientific systems studied in the epistemic worldview. He taught economics for twenty-two years until his retirement from
Cape Breton University,
Nova Scotia,
Canada, in 2008. He graduated with his Masters and Ph.D. from the
University of Toronto in 1977. Professor Dr. Masudul Alam Choudhury presently lectures on the Post-Graduate Program in
Islamic Economics and Finance in the Faculty of Economics,
Trisakti University,
Jakarta,
Indonesia. He offers Ph.D. level subjects, namely, Islamic Epistemology of Economics and Finance; Islamic Microeconomic Theory; Islamic Macroeconomic Theory; Advanced Islamic Economics and Finance; and Islamic Comparative Development Studies. He is also the
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Critical Realism in Socio-Economics (JOCRISE). This international journal is published by the University of Darussalam Press, Gontor, Indonesia.
Works
The Principles of Islamic Political Economy: A Methodological Enquiry [6]
The Islamic World-System: A Study in Polity-Market Interaction[7]
Money in Islam: A Study in Islamic Political Economy '[8]
Contributions to Islamic Economic Theory: A Study in Social Economics[9]
Alternative Perspectives in Third World Development: The Case of Malaysia with Uzir Abdul Malik, Mohammad Anuar Adnan[10]
Comparative Development Studies: In Search of the World View.[11]
^Reviews of The Principles of Islamic Political Economy: A Methodological Enquiry:
Behdad, Sohrab (1993). "The Principles of Islamic Political Economy: A Methodological Inquiry". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 27 (2). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 197–198.
doi:
10.1017/s0026318400027449.
ISSN0026-3184.
Midgeley, James (1994) "Review of The Principles of Islamic Political Economy. Masudul Alam Choudhury and Comparative Development Studies: In Search of the World View. Masudul Alam Choudhury. Reviewed by James Midgeley, Louisiana State University.," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 21 : Iss. 3, Article 18.
Presley, John R.; Choudhury, Masudul Alam (1993). "The Principles of Islamic Political Economy: A Methodological Enquiry". The Economic Journal. 103 (420). Oxford University Press (OUP): 1339.
doi:
10.2307/2234273.
ISSN0013-0133.
JSTOR2234273.
^Reviews of The Islamic World-system: a Study in Polity-market Interaction:
Galadari, Abdulla (2017). "Absolute Reality in the Qur'an. By Masudul Alam Choudhury. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Pp. xxi + 231. Hardcover, $99.99". Religious Studies Review. 43 (4). Wiley: 414–415.
doi:
10.1111/rsr.13283.
ISSN0319-485X.